Research


Scope and Content Note

The series consists mostly of narrative final reports of participants in the State Boys' Working Reserve, also known as Farm Cadets.

Also included are occasional daily logs of cadets' activities, a few enlistment forms by which high school students joined the cadets, and correspondence by district superintendents transmitting reports to the Department.

The final reports submitted by cadets give: period of service; location of service; number of hours per day worked; general type of work completed; and a statement of the cadets' impressions of the value and usefulness of the work. The occasional daily logs usually describe in detail the type of work and hours spent by a cadet. The enlistment forms included provide a cadet's name, address, height, weight, age, religious preference, prior farming and mechanical experience, a personal reference, location and type of work preference, and signed approval of parent or guardian.